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7 hours ago, AndyK said:
Stephen Kings gone and got himself cancelled now.
The man is totally, 100% correct. It's hilarious reading the responses to him though, especially from blue check marks. Love it, LOVE IT!
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1 hour ago, Krissykins said:
Haven’t you two sat through decades of action films where the woman is eye candy, barely says anything and has one 10 second fight scene towards the end?
I know I have.
let’s not act like the female character suddenly having more to do is a “trope”.
Nobody said a female character having more to do is a bad thing. I specifically said it's annoying when filmmakers have to contrast that with stupid, useless male characters.
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1 hour ago, Krissykins said:
Isn’t this weekend a holiday weekend?
You're right. Wasn't even thinking about that.
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Cool to see Knives Out so high on the list!
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I'm one of those who liked the teaser but I agree, the special look is even better!
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Well, this made it to $10M OW. Just barely. I figured it would be the other way around with Underwater. Both of those are going to die pretty quick.
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So, as most people thought, this was DOA. $7,008,297 opening weekend. If it drops 65-70% like The Grudge (69.2%), on its 2nd weekend it's looking at $2.1M to $2.45M. Ouch.
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10 hours ago, dudalb said:
Looks like another attempt to modernize a classic that did not turn out very well.
And there is a good version of "The Turn Of The Screw" made in 1961, "The Innocents".
Interesting. I'll have to check that out. I also want to read the original "The Turn of the Screw" story. This may turn out to be a bad movie but the fact it's based on a notable work adds some appeal for me on top of the curiosity I already had for it.
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Just now, LeoC said:
Booooooring.
No one asked for this comment
In fairness, I believe he's saying something a lot of us thought at one point in time. at least before we got cast details and a trailer and all that. People have warmed up to it, me being one of them. Then there are those that wanted it the whole time. Good on them!
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Out with it, @Plain Old Tele! What didn't you like about Joker?
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5 hours ago, dudalb said:
Got pretty much snubbed at the Oscars.
Which surprised me, thought it's subject matter alone would net a BP nomination, even if the execution was not all that it could have been.
Of course, you have to wonder if the widespread critricism of Green Book win ( a movie that really was only pretty good winning because of subject matter) did not hurt this film's chances.
I think as soon as it was apparent Joker started picking up some serious steam, Warner Bros. pretty much focused entirely on that and forgot about Just Mercy. Then again, I don't know how much difference marketing/campaigning would have made for JM. Maybe it's just not good enough. I don't know, I haven't seen it. I'm obviously talking from an awards perspective because it's clearly a crowd-pleaser and more than good enough as far as audiences are concerned.
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17 hours ago, lorddemaxus said:
Read some letterboxd reviews of this and it actually doesn't sound so bad. Sounds pretty generic but maybe reviews won't be as bad as expected? Seems like the budget was actually well spent because the production design, the costumes, and most of the CGI is actually really good. Pretty dumb that Universal is dumping this movie when this could just be harmless fun instead of a Cats like disaster.
Also Nanjiani doesn't say "no one told me there would be a dragon" in the film lol.
It's interesting how people seem to see CGI a lot differently. The CGI looked pretty awful to me. It made the film look like the January release it is.
Granted, I haven't seen the 2nd trailer yet. Maybe it's better....
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On 1/12/2020 at 6:13 PM, Eric Dolittle said:
To be fair, Erik Davis likes everything
You're right, but still lol, I'm enthused!
Also enthused by your musings in the tracking thread that this could hit $40M 3-day. That would be a pleasant surprise indeed!
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6 hours ago, 35MM-18 said:
Basing your whole opinion on her-or any singer, for that matter-on just one song isn't really a sensible or wise thing to do.
It's aladdino (aka TombRaider), the cattiest poster on this forum.
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6 minutes ago, Jedi Jat said:
but what's there to watch?
Neither the action is mindblowing nor Widow's side quest got enough pull. This may come as sexist, but BW is cool when playing a sidekick to other major heroes or doing office work. Her side quest is bleh.
The legs will be ugly for this unless opening is also poor or film is surprisingly great.
I don't blame you for having reservations. I originally did too. I've said this before: I have faith that this movie will show exactly why it was made. There will be something more to it than just being a Black Widow movie, or a favour to Scarlett, or whatever. This is the MCU we're talking about. There is a big picture behind every movie and everything within each movie.
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Just now, Jedi Jat said:
Booooooring.
No one asked for this filler.
I didn't ask for it.....but I sure as hell want to see it!
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On 1/8/2020 at 4:14 AM, stripe said:
After Globes and consistent legs in platform, 1917 is more than likely to have a huge wide opening.
1917 - 37M
SW9 - 17M
Jumanji 3 - 16M
Like a Boss - 12M
Little Women - 9M
Just Mercy - 8M
Frozen 2 - 7M
Spies in Disguise - 6.5M
Knives Out - 6.5M
Underwater - 6M
Top 10 - 125M
Great call on 1917! Great calls in general to be honest. Pretty damn close.
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Grabbed my Joker blu-ray and thinking of going to pick up Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as well. Between these and FvF and 1917 when they come out I'm going to own a good chunk of the BP nominees this year, not to mention having The Irishman and Marriage Story readily available on Netflix.
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One of the biggest snubs is Frozen II for Animated Film. Wow.
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Yeah I think Dern's performance in Marriage Story is overrated. It's good, don't get mr wrong, but it didn't feel ample enough for any accolades in my opinion. Kind of like Margot Robbie I OUaTiH.
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3 minutes ago, wildphantom said:
Pretty much the definition of ‘see on the biggest screen you can find’.
The entire production made my brain hurt, I was so bewildered (in the best way) on how on earth they pulled this off. It’s a minor miracle and looks effortless. Just stupendously planned and executed to the point where you’ve just got to hold your hands up and go wow.
Kudos! You just described perfectly how I felt about the film as well. I felt and thought a lot of things but the dominant thing in my head was "How the hell did they do that??".
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On 1/11/2020 at 5:34 AM, Madhuvan said:
I hope alt-right Phoenix is not like them and stops using him in the propaganda. He actually is good soul.
I like this guy. He's realistic and pragmatic. He acknowledged he took a plane. He's clearly someone who knows we can do better but isn't living in a fantasy land either.
I wasn't a fan at all of his clearly intoxicated Golden Globes speech, but I can't help but feel at least the guy is 100 times more real than so many other Hollywood elites and celebrities.
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21% on RT after only 78 reviews. That seems pretty low....
Also, the audience score is at 67%. I know that can be bad, good or okay depending on the genre. How's that score for a comedy?
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On 1/11/2020 at 8:27 AM, cannastop said:
I don't drive - due to medical reasons I can't even get a license - and it amazes me how much money I save by not having a vehicle. Or, rather, it amazes me just how little money those who make far more money than I do possess. The fact is, I still get around just fine, and I have the spare cash to arrange suitable transportation whenever needed (flights, charter busses, cabs, Ubers etc.). I miss driving, but God would life be reeeeally difficult if I had to put out a grand plus on a vehicle every month (insurance, car payment, fuel, maintenance etc.).
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